Violent attacks in broad daylight are rare in central Buenos Aires, and less so on Corrientes Street, the most tourist-attractive artery. Justice is being served in the murder of Brazilian Maria Vilma das Doris Cascalho da Silva Bosco, which occurred last Thursday afternoon. The 69-year-old woman had traveled to Argentina to spend a few months with her daughter, who is a medical student at the University of Buenos Aires. On November 6, she was walking along Corrientes Street, in the Abasto neighborhood, when a man approached her and hit her “for no apparent reason,” according to police sources. The attacker knocked her to the ground and when she fell, her head hit the ground. Although emergency services quickly transferred her to a nearby hospital, they were unable to save her life and Cascalho da Silva Bosco died of head trauma.
The news broke on Wednesday, after the family requested speedy procedures to return the body and collected money through social media to be able to pay the transportation costs. The attacker, a 30-year-old man, is in custody on charges of attempted murder.
Cascalho da Silva was born in Itaburanga, in the central state of Goiás, and worked until her retirement as an official at the Goiás Court of Justice. Her former colleagues, interviewed by the Brazilian portal G1, described her as a committed and generous person. He arrived in Argentina in July and plans to return to Brazil in the coming weeks.
Buenos Aires police arrested the assailant hours after the attack and stated that he was a man with numerous criminal records “for robberies, attempted robberies, injuries and disturbances on public roads” and who had been hospitalized in mental health centers “due to psychological problems” from which he had escaped several times.
Official information reinforces the hypothesis that the attacker acted without prior provocation or intent to steal, but it was an episode of uncontrolled violence. The detainee was temporarily transferred to Burda Psychiatric Hospital, and the judicial authorities are analyzing whether the detainee is affiliated with him or not.
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